User contributions for Tristan Miller

25 September 2023

• 08:4308:43, 25 September 2023 diff hist +1,667 N Minutes/2023-09-22 Created page with "* Administration ** RFD for comp.lang.go *** Proponent has confirmed final wording of the RFD and RL has posted the LCC. TM to publicize the LCC in the usual channels. Board to vote on the RFD at its meeting on 29 September. RL to inform JE about the vote. ** Moderator volunteer for {{news|soc.history.war.world-war-ii}} *** Volunteer has confirmed that they have the technical and procedural knowledge to moderate the group, and has agreed to RL's suggestion that the Bo..." current

22 September 2023

• 14:5914:59, 22 September 2023 diff hist +20 Board:Agenda for next Board meeting No edit summary

18 September 2023

• 11:4511:45, 18 September 2023 diff hist +494 N Big-8 covered in The Register, TechSpot The Big-8 hierarchy and the Big-8 Management Board have been covered in two recent articles in the tech press current
• 11:4011:40, 18 September 2023 diff hist +58 Announcements Big-8 covered in The Register, TechSpot
• 11:3911:39, 18 September 2023 diff hist −421 Announcements * 2023-07-04: 1st RFD: comp.lang.go (create)
• 11:3811:38, 18 September 2023 diff hist +1,437 N Nan:2023-07-04-rfd-comp.lang.go RFD for comp.lang.go current
• 11:3511:35, 18 September 2023 diff hist +502 Archived announcements Archive announcements
• 11:3311:33, 18 September 2023 diff hist −1,958 Archived announcements Replace months with years

15 September 2023

• 15:0515:05, 15 September 2023 diff hist −763 Board:Agenda for next Board meeting No edit summary
• 15:0515:05, 15 September 2023 diff hist +2,317 N Minutes/2023-09-15 Created page with "* Administration ** RFD for comp.lang.go *** RL has been corresponding with the proponent and is now awaiting final confirmation on the RFD before voting. TM to remind the proponent that we are awaiting confirmation. ** {{news|soc.history.war.world-war-ii}} *** Russ Allbery forwarded a message from someone volunteering to take over moderatorship. TM to respond. ** {{news|news.newusers.questions}} and {{news|news.announce.newusers}} *** The Board received an inquiry on..." current
• 13:1213:12, 15 September 2023 diff hist +93 Board:Agenda for next Board meeting No edit summary
• 13:1013:10, 15 September 2023 diff hist +65 Board:Agenda for next Board meeting No edit summary
• 09:1409:14, 15 September 2023 diff hist −55 Board:Agenda for next Board meeting No edit summary
• 09:1309:13, 15 September 2023 diff hist +656 Board:Agenda for next Board meeting No edit summary

25 August 2023

• 17:1417:14, 25 August 2023 diff hist +3 Getting Started with Usenet →Task 5: Subscribe to some real newsgroups
• 17:1417:14, 25 August 2023 diff hist +36 N File:Sample-netrc.txt Tristan Miller moved page File:Sample-netrc.txt to File:Sample-newsrc.txt current Tag: New redirect
• 17:1417:14, 25 August 2023 diff hist 0 m File:Sample-newsrc.txt Tristan Miller moved page File:Sample-netrc.txt to File:Sample-newsrc.txt
• 14:5114:51, 25 August 2023 diff hist +1,001 N Minutes/2023-08-25 Created page with "Present: TM, RL * Administration ** TM has pinged the proponent of the RFD for comp.lang.go. * Infrastructure ** Starting on 21 August, {{news|comp.ai}} has been experiencing a flood of hundreds of binary articles with randomized Subject and From lines. STUMP's blocking mechanism is ineffective for this, so TM added a rule to .procmailrc that sends the submissions to /dev/null. The articles appear to originate from Newsgroup Ninja. An abuse report sent to the e-mail a..." current
• 14:4314:43, 25 August 2023 diff hist +1,450 Getting Started with Usenet Subscribe to real newsgroups
• 14:2414:24, 25 August 2023 diff hist +12 Getting Started with Usenet fix formatting
• 14:2314:23, 25 August 2023 diff hist +9 Getting Started with Usenet →Summary
• 14:2114:21, 25 August 2023 diff hist +210 Getting Started with Usenet →Task 4: Post your first newsgroup article
• 14:1914:19, 25 August 2023 diff hist 0 File:New message.png Tristan Miller uploaded a new version of File:New message.png current
• 13:3013:30, 25 August 2023 diff hist +4 Getting Started with Usenet →Task 3: Subscribe to your first newsgroups
• 13:2513:25, 25 August 2023 diff hist 0 File:Subscribe.png Tristan Miller uploaded a new version of File:Subscribe.png current
• 13:2313:23, 25 August 2023 diff hist 0 File:View settings.png Tristan Miller uploaded a new version of File:View settings.png current
• 13:2313:23, 25 August 2023 diff hist 0 File:Account wizard.png Tristan Miller uploaded a new version of File:Account wizard.png current
• 13:2113:21, 25 August 2023 diff hist +733 Getting Started with Usenet →Task 2: Set up Thunderbird

18 August 2023

• 14:3514:35, 18 August 2023 diff hist +24 Board:Agenda for next Board meeting No edit summary
• 14:3514:35, 18 August 2023 diff hist +892 N Minutes/2023-08-18 Created page with "Present: TM, RL * Administration ** RL received many replies to his post on {{news|news.admin.net-abuse.usenet}}cancels, cancelbots, and other technical anti-spam measures currently in use. RL to summarize the relevant information in the Board's wiki. ** TM has not yet pinged the proponent of the RFD for comp.lang.go but will do so soon. * Infrastructure ** TM was to post Paul Schleck's sample .newsrc file on our Getting Started with Usenet tutorial but discovered..." current
• 13:4313:43, 18 August 2023 diff hist +84 N File:Sample-newsrc.txt Sample .netrc file with some Big-8 newsgroups active as of August 2023
• 13:4013:40, 18 August 2023 diff hist −970 Getting Started with Usenet remove HTML cruft
• 13:2913:29, 18 August 2023 diff hist −2 Getting Started with Usenet No edit summary
• 13:2913:29, 18 August 2023 diff hist −1,141 Getting Started with Usenet remove HTML cruft

11 August 2023

• 15:0115:01, 11 August 2023 diff hist +607 N Minutes/2023-08-11 Created page with "Present: TM, RL * Administration ** RL has posted to {{news|news.admin.net-abuse.usenet}} to ask about cancels, cancelbots, and other technical anti-spam measures currently in use ** No further communication from proponent of the RFD for comp.lang.go; TM to ping the proponent in a few days * Infrastructure ** E-mail from Paul Schleck noting that {{news|alt.fan.usenet}} has finally been added to Panix's news server * Publicity ** E-mail from Paul Schleck with a sample .n..." current

4 August 2023

• 14:1414:14, 4 August 2023 diff hist +315 N Minutes/2023-08-04 Created page with "Present: TM, RL * Infrastructure ** RL has discovered that the webmail's upgrade script wants to uninstall system packages that are in use (e.g., our web server). Since none of the active Board members currently use webmail, it was decided that RL would simply deactivate it. Category:Meeting minutes for 2023" current

28 July 2023

• 18:2318:23, 28 July 2023 diff hist −51 Board:Agenda for next Board meeting No edit summary
• 18:2218:22, 28 July 2023 diff hist +2 Minutes/2023-07-28 No edit summary current
• 18:2218:22, 28 July 2023 diff hist +1,009 N Minutes/2023-07-28 Created page with "Present: TM, RL * Administration ** {{news|news.groups.proposals}} received a group creation RFD; while having the correct structure, TM rejected it because it contained extraneous and incorrect information. TM wrote to the proponent to explain what needs to be removed or corrected, and to encourage resubmission. * Infrastructure * TM upgraded the Web server's OS to the latest current LTS release. Again, this was necessary in order to upgrade MediaWiki, which was on a..."

21 July 2023

• 19:0919:09, 21 July 2023 diff hist −855 Board:Agenda for next Board meeting No edit summary
• 18:4518:45, 21 July 2023 diff hist +746 N Minutes/2023-07-21 Created page with "Present: TM, RL * Administration ** {{news|comp.dcom.telecom}} moderator change announcement *** RL has sent best wishes on behalf of the Board to Bill Horne but has not yet..." current
• 13:5713:57, 21 July 2023 diff hist +68 Board:Agenda for next Board meeting No edit summary
• 11:4711:47, 21 July 2023 diff hist +794 Board:Agenda for next Board meeting No edit summary

14 July 2023

• 14:4814:48, 14 July 2023 diff hist +1,277 N Minutes/2023-07-14 Created page with "Present: TM, RL * Administration ** {{news|comp.dcom.telecom moderator}} change announcement *** Still no response from Bill Horne; PS wrote to us to draw our attention to an..." current

7 July 2023

• 14:5514:55, 7 July 2023 diff hist −7 Board:Agenda for next Board meeting No edit summary
• 14:5514:55, 7 July 2023 diff hist +266 N Minutes/2023-07-07 Created page with "Present: TM, RL * Abbreviated meeting this week due to Board members' other commitments * The Board noted an ongoing RFD on {{news|news.groups.proposals}} concerning a propos..." current
• 14:5314:53, 7 July 2023 diff hist +704 N Minutes/2023-06-30 Created page with "Present: TM, RL * Administration ** RL has asked Bill Horne if he was successful in communicating the moderator change for {{news|comp.dcom.telecom}} to the ISC, and asked if..." current

30 June 2023

• 14:1914:19, 30 June 2023 diff hist +47 Board:Agenda for next Board meeting No edit summary

23 June 2023

• 14:3714:37, 23 June 2023 diff hist −801 Board:Agenda for next Board meeting No edit summary
• 14:3614:36, 23 June 2023 diff hist +2,388 N Minutes/2023-06-23 Created page with "Present: TM, RL * Administration ** RL looked into the ISC archive for {{news|comp.dcom.telecom}} and turned up nothing. TM suggested simply using "comp.dcom.telecom" as the..." current